The final weeks of 2017 brought busy days and thrilling captures for the winter banding interns at the Palomarin Field Station, including the latest capture of a Swainson’s Thrush in our 51 years of banding!
Palomarin Tags: bird banding
Point Blue Conservation Science: Monthly Banding Summary, November 2017
November marks the beginning of the winter banding internship here at the Palomarin Field Station. New banders arrive along with the last of the wintering migrants.
Point Blue Conservation Science: Monthly Banding Summary, October 2017
October was a busy month with capstone projects, North American Banding Council certifications, and lots of banding. Read on to learn about the common, and not-so-common captures and activities last month.
Point Blue Conservation Science: Monthly Banding Summary, September 2017
Fall migration was in full swing at Palomarin in September, bringing our regular migrants, and a few rarer vagrant species.
Point Blue Conservation Science: Monthly Banding Summary, August 2017
In August we transitioned from the breeding season to fall migration, said goodbye to outgoing interns, and welcomed the new crew. We also enjoyed captures of some of the earlier fall migrants, among other exciting captures.
Point Blue Conservation Science: Palo Blog, May 2017
May is a busy time for the gridders at Palomarin. What? you say you’ve never heard of “gridders”? Read on to find out more… [plus a first time capture for Palomarin]
Point Blue Conservation Science: Monthly Banding Summary, November 2016
Lots to give thanks for in November at the Palomarin Field Station! Check out this month’s blog for the highlights!
Monthly Banding Summary, October 2016
October brought more than just birds: Palo interns were busy with Bird-a-thon, attending a conference, welcoming back Golden-crowned Sparrows, taking tests, and much more!
Monthly Banding Summary, September 2016
September is always an exciting time at Palomarin, as summer residents depart for wintering grounds, northern-breeding landbirds arrive for the winter, and other migrants continue to pass through.
Monthly Banding Summary, August 2016
August marked the annual shift from the breeding season to fall migration at Palomarin – bringing new interns, and new birds!
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